Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

In this article adapted from their new book, Jerry Davis and Chris White explore what makes some companies more fertile for social innovation — that is, the ongoing (rather than one-off) initiatives that have positive social impact while promoting the core mission of a business.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Early in my career I gathered some data for a client on cooking. A final adaptation should be done through technological innovation, which is how Big Food really got its start. One promising innovation is MATS technology, or microwave assisted thermal sterilization, created at Washington State University.

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Industry Supply Chain Long-term Outsourcing 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Credit given for the development of novel/innovative metrics for performance assessment (for example, attendance figures as a "team economics" variable). Understanding the chemical and material properties of ingredients is, indeed, a science. The kitchen can and should be a laboratory for innovation. Everybody eats.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

I was once asked to facilitate in a group coaching intervention for the leadership team at the subsidiary of a large chemical company. These sorts of questionnaire may be a bit simplistic, but they can help point someone in the right direction on a career or organizational path. The innovator: leadership as creative idea generation.

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Leadership Chemicals Execution Influence 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2016

“The fifties was the most exciting career decade of my life so far,” says Babette Pettersen, “and it looks like my options are only getting better as I turn 60.” Pettersen spent her mid-career years with Dow Corning. “Managing career cycles with flexibility and non-linear trajectories is important for us.

Career 8

Career Real Estate Learning Curve Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

Most companies now have more gender-balanced talent pools, especially at the early-to-mid-career levels, and are looking for ways to make sure progress continues at the mid-to-upper levels. These leaders are recognizing that this balance drives the innovation and market understanding they need for other key business transformations.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Formerly a leader in the automotive, retail, restaurant, media innovation and consulting industries. Former President, Dow Chemical USA.

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Executive Coaching CEO Banking Magazine 70

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

Business drivers examined include: Building high-performance cultures; engaging employees; cultivating a customer-focused culture; creating alignment and accountability; enhancing organizational talent; building strategic partnerships and relationships, driving process innovation and driving efficiency. Wellins, Ph.D.,

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

"As we reciprocate, we build trust and relationships, flooding our brain with oxytocin that is essential not only to collaboration, but to innovation," says fellow HBR blogger Judith E. Each of us will, no doubt, experience the discomfort of feeling "used," as with the above-mentioned entrepreneur, at some point in our careers.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

Now consider the Business Innovation Factory (BIF) , an organization that seeks to bring cutting edge innovation techniques to social initiatives, many of which are similar to those Pepsi Refresh sought to promote. Its founder, Saul Kaplan , is a self-professed innovation junkie.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 24, 2023

Their study revealed that immigrants have made a disproportionate contribution to innovation in the U.S. are incredibly productive and innovative, and they’re disproportionately contributing to innovation in our society,” the researchers explain. The researchers’ findings were not merely quantitative. “The

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Many people do not typically think of metrics and accounting as roadblocks to innovation, yet you call these out as potential problem areas. Doing otherwise biases the business against innovation because what you are projecting may look unattractive relative to your business today. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point.

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